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W.VS.REEDER.

Cane-Mill.

, No. 226,352. Patented April 6,1880.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIQE.

WILLIAM S. REEDER, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO KINGSLAND,

FERGUSON & 00.,

OF SAME PLACE.

CANE-MILL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 226,352, dated April 6, 1880,

. Application filed October 23, 1879.

To all whom it may concern Be itv known that I, WILLIAM S. REEDER, of the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented acertain new and useful Improvement in Cane-Mills, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My improvement relates to a device to pre- IO vent the cane getting into the cog-gearing of the mill, also to prevent the clothing or members of the operatives from entering between the rolls or gearing.

My improvement consists in a front plate extending from the cap or top plate to the base-plate of the machine, said plate having orifices through which the cane fed to the rolls, and in ward] y-eXtendin g wings at the ends of the rolls, to prevent the escape of the canes at those places.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front side view of the mill. Fig. 2 is a transverse section at a 00. Fig. 3 is an enlarged perspective inside view of the front plate.

A is the bottom portion or base of the mill, which is madein the form of atrough, its sides a being curved upward, and end plates, B, being tightly fitted into it, forming the ends of the juice-basin. These plates B extend up- 0 ward to the cap or top plate, 0, and act as transverse braces to the mill, as well as housing, giving journal-bearing to the shafts D of the crushing-rolls E and F F. a is the hole for the escape of juice.

G is the front plate, (in which my improvement consists.) This plate G is interposed between the base A and cap 0 on the The front plate, G, has orifices at g,

front side of the mill, and constitutes a thorough longitudinal brace to the same. The cap and base are connected together by through bolts H, which, upon the front of the mill, extend through recesses 71 in the inside of the front plate. All the bolts H pass through lugs h upon the base A and cap 0.

through 5 which the canes are fed, the orifices being sep arated by guide-bars g. The orifices vary in number according to the size of the mill.

Near the ends of the front plate, upon the inner side, are wings 1 which are formed to enter the space between the front roll, F, and the top roll, E, to prevent the escape of the canes from between the rolls.

The gearing of the mill is as usual, K being the sweep-shaft driving the roll E by bevelwheels L M. The rolls F F are driven by the roll E through spur-wheels at N.

It will be observed that the plate G has an end wing, 0, extending in front of the gearwheels N, to prevent the entanglementof canes or the clothing of the operative.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a cane-mill, the longitudinal brace and face-plate Gr, secured between the baseA and cap 0 on the front of the mill, and having orifices g, guide-bars g, wings near each end, and protruding between the top and front rolls, and end wing, O, to protect the gearing, substantially as set forth.

WVILLIAM S. REEDER.

In presence of- SAML. KNIGHT, GEO. H. KNIGHT. 

